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Rachel weeping for her children: the truth, power and lesson...
Then Herod, seeing that he had been made fun of by the Magi, was very angry indeed....
Eternity intruding into time: the Incarnation throws everything...
‘When the fullness of time had come,” declares St Paul, “God sent his Son, born...
Trite Christmas: back to the future with the corny playlists...
”Strange how potent cheap music is,” muses Amanda in Noël Coward’s Private Lives....
Pope Francis makes surprise appearance on BBC’s Thought...
Pope Francis today featured as the unexpected narrator for the BBC’s well-known...
Rediscovering a Gothic genius: the V&A’s great Pugin exhibition,...
On 15 June 1994, an exhibition opened at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum devoted...
‘Things have changed since Mum died. What’s wrong with...
Concerned Catholic: My mother and I were very close. As the unmarried daughter living...
The Christian message in ‘Red One’
Red One is this year’s family Christmas blockbuster in which Santa is “kidnapped”...
Christmas begins: Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at St...
ROME – Pope Francis has initiated the Christmas celebrations in Rome by opening...
Urbi et Orbi: Pope Francis uses Christmas address to call...
Pope Francis has used his seasonal Urbi et Orbi address to call for a ceasefire...
Christmas comes with all its joys and sorrows, and its...
Christmas afternoon at last; finally a lull in proceedings in which to share a quiet...
Pope names replacement for fired U.S. Bishop Joseph Strickland
The Pope today named a replacement for the American bishop he controversially fired...
Trump rewards CatholicVote boss with top job at the Holy...
ROME – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a Catholic political advocate...
‘Blessed are you among women’
“He shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD” (Micah 5:4)...
The Children’s Society should spare us the sanctimony and...
The subject of tainted money has broken out on to the public stage once again. Not...
What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’...
ROME – Famously, von Clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by...
French Revolution’s Martyrs of Compiègne canonised despite...
Pope Francis has officially made the Martyrs of Compiègne saints. It was a rare...
Ten Commandments tablet sells for more than double estimate...
A marble tablet bearing an ancient rendition of text related to the Ten Commandments...
Only two Ember Days left till Christmas
Many Catholics will appreciate that Advent is traditionally seen as a time of preparation,...
Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar servers
Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has tried to ban girls from serving...
Kneel vs stand for Communion: the debate again ignites
The recent letter of Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago on the manner of receiving...
